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Hundreds of tonnes of household and business waste has been disguised as plastic-wrapped hay, straw or silage bales and dumped on farmland in Essex.

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Makeshift straw thatch and wood huts roofed by blue plastic sheeting sprawl in all directions, covering endless miles.

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